photosettingn.
/ˈfəʊtə(ʊ)sɛtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfoʊdəˌsɛdɪŋ/ Printing.
The setting of material to be printed by projecting it on to a photographic film from which the printing surface is prepared; photocomposition, filmsetting.
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photocomposing1926
photocomposition1929
phototypesetting1931
filmsetting1954
photosetting1958
1958 Americana Ann. 243/1 An electric combination photosetting and photocomposing machine was developed.
1968 A. Bluhm Photosetting i. 6 The beginning of the ‘modern’ period of photosetting may be conveniently dated at 1955, when prototypes..of several current machines for text setting were shown at the IPEX exhibition in London.
1974 Times 14 Oct. (Sheffield Suppl.) p. iv/8 Both papers..have..an ambitious reorganization scheme... It includes changing to photo-setting instead of the traditional typesetting.
2002 P. Baines & A. Haslam Type & Typogr. iv. 75/2 With the development of photosetting and its successors in the latter half of the twentieth century, the idea of measuring a non-existent body has seemed increasingly illogical.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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